Example sentences of "if [pron] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Runs back to her lair , if I so much as breathe about the past . |
| 2 | If I so much as see you in this section during the flight … ’ |
| 3 | He said he knew what you were up to and I would lock the door against you if I so much as guessed the half of it . |
| 4 | ‘ If I so much as catch you smiling at another woman — ’ |
| 5 | It was as if I 'd only just found him , except that now I 'd start to wail like a baby if someone so much as knocked my little finger . |
| 6 | Scarlet felt foolish and rather jealous : she knew that if she so much as failed to pay a parking ticket , the full force of the law would be upon her like a ton of bricks . |
| 7 | She had the feeling he would swallow her whole if she so much as rippled the surface . |
| 8 | If you so much as parked on a yellow line they stuffed a mortgage application under your windscreen wipers . |
| 9 | A gift shop , a snack bar and a petrol station is not exactly a model , thriving Highland community , and the disquieting feeling that these places now exist only to empty the contents of your wallet if you so much as slow down is not a pleasant one . |
| 10 | ‘ You are coming home with me now , and if you so much as open that foul mouth of yours , I 'll beat you within an inch of your life . ’ |
| 11 | So if you so much as look like you 're going soft on us I 'm gon na take you apart with my bare hands . |
| 12 | Next day , at the mum-and-toddler group , your gentle , chatty child turns into a little monster : she spitefully destroys another child 's sandcastle , throws a tantrum when she ca n't have the toy she wants , or screams in terror if you so much as walk across the room away from her . |
| 13 | " Adrian , " she said in a level voice that surprised her , " if you so much as lay one finger on me , I swear I 'll tear you to pieces . |
| 14 | If you so much as loosen your seatbelt or drop your ash or pick your nose , then it 's an Alcatraz autopsy with the questions asked later . |
| 15 | There will be no jam on your bread today if you so much as lay a finger — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you so much as whisper a word about Dame Agatha to the Lady Maeve , you will regret the day I ever plucked you out of Newgate ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you so much as mention sitting ducks or fish in a barrel , ’ Lambert said acidly , ‘ I 'll kick your teeth in . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If you so much as lay a single finger on me again , Adam Burns , you 'll hit the deck so fast you wo n't know what 's happened to you ! ’ she swore softly , her tawny eyes gleaming as she gazed unseeing across the room . |
| 19 | Yet sometimes , like now , she wanted a neural-driven transmitter that would send a signal that would send Ace and Daak into painful paroxysms if they so much as thought of questioning her instructions . |
| 20 | And the soldiers muttered to one another as they limped and splashed back towards England that the black friars had not only sent the terror , but withdrawn it from them as soon as they turned back , and the devil their master could call it up again in an instant if they so much as looked over their shoulders . |
| 21 | The new Lady Woodleigh looked as if she might take her riding-crop to him if he so much as uttered another word . |
| 22 | But he had little reason yet to ask for a search warrant and Mr Simpson would go purple in the face and throw every legal book in his considerable library at him if he so much as tried . |
| 23 | In the end Harper had sworn a sacred oath on the Holy Mother and on all the bleeding wounds of Christ that he would not go into battle , that he would remember he was a husband and a father , and that if he so much as heard a musket shot he would turn tail and run away . |
| 24 | If he so much as bruises a finger without good reason , I 'll come for you . |
| 25 | Two arkie surveys have produced almost nothing , and yet Mr Coombs — an elderly man — has been threatened with jail if he so much as uproots a tree in his own garden . |
| 26 | Not so tall and powerfully built that she felt as though she might break if he so much as touched her . |
| 27 | I felt naked and horribly vulnerable , like a snail with its shell off ; every nerve was close to the surface ; I thought if anyone so much as touched me , I 'd scream . |